BBC Studios takes BBC Player to Prime Video in Spain, Poland and Switzerland

BBC Player titles Top of the Lake, Father Brown, Top Gear and Luther

BBC Studios is expanding its partnership with Amazon-owned streamer Prime Video by launching BBC Player as a subscription channel in Spain and Poland today, with Switzerland following on December 3.

The deal builds on BBC Player’s existing availability on Prime Video in Germany and Austria.

In Spain and Poland, where the service is already offered through other partners including Movistar Plus+, Vodafone and Canal+, it adds another route to subscribe, while the Swiss launch is a first for BBC Player. BBC Studios and Prime Video said they hope to extend the partnership into further territories.

BBC Player – the international name for the BBC iPlayer – is currently available through platform partnerships in 10 EMEA markets, including Germany, Austria, Spain, Poland, Greece, Turkey and Czechia.

Arran Tindall, president of EMEA, global channels and streaming at BBC Studios, said: “Expanding the partnership with Prime Video is our next step in growing BBC Player across Europe.” He added that it “supports our ambition to build a larger digital business alongside our existing linear channels.”

BBC Player launches on Prime Video with over 1,000 hours of programming, which will be refreshed through the year. BBC Studios noted that content hours and availability vary by market. Launch titles include Top of the Lake, Luther, Boiling Point, Father Brown, Death in Paradise and Top Gear, with the line-up differing by country.

Luther, Father Brown, Death in Paradise and Top Gear are available in Spain, Poland and Switzerland, while Boiling Point is on the Swiss line-up only. Other titles include natural history series Evolution and The Great British Bake Off in Poland, and documentary Rise of the Nazis in Spain. Children’s titles include Supertato and Stan Can in Poland. New series will premiere exclusively on BBC Player in Spain in 2027.

In Poland, BBC Player will, within the first few months of launch, also combine on-demand programming with live channels for the first time in that market. Subscribers will be able to watch live streams of BBC First, BBC Brit, BBC Earth, BBC Lifestyle and CBeebies.

BBC Studios is also preparing a bespoke version of BBC Player for global airline partners, which is due to launch in early 2027.